Fat Free Bolognase with Courgette Spaghetti

Fat Free Bolognase with Courgette Spaghetti 

Wanted bolog, cant have wheat - the dish was born...

This recipie makes approx 2 servings, but as I only cook for one I had one portion at 5 and another later on when the post-gym munchies hit!

Ingredients:

1/2 Red onion

Handful spinach

1/4 red pepper

1/4 green pepper

1 Vegetable stock cube (or beef if you're not veggy!) in 200ml water

25g Soya mince (or the real deal - although no longer fat free!)

40g carrot batons chopped in to 1cm cubes

30g leeks

30g closed cup mushroom

70g courgette (sliced using a veg peeler then sliced longways to make spaghetti strands)

200g tin of chopped tomatos

Pinch basil

Salt, pepper and chilli flakes to taste

Method:

1. Fry the onion in a little of the stock water

2. Add carrots and more water

3. Chop all veg in to approx 2cm cubes and add to pot (not the courgette!)

4. Rehydrate mince and add to pot (or cook real mince the way it should be cooked??!)

5. Add chopped tomatoes and let simmer and reduce for approx 20mins or until flavours have 'mulched' together! Season to taste with basil, S&P and chilli

6. Transfer to a separate serving bowl

7. In same pan chuck courgette spaghetti in and constantly stir on a low heat for approx 2 mins

8. Pop on a plate and arrange as you would normal spag bol! 

Nom!! 

Blackbean Stirfry

Just a simple stir fry made using Quorn Chicken and blackbean sauce - no noodles/ rice to save the heavy carbs but I do add a good tablespoon of mixed seeds which really makes the texture interesting.

I make it with a mix of 1 tblspn olive oil (good fats!) With 1 tblspn water (add water when oil is still cold!!)

My toddler loves blackbean sauce so I cook a little extra and let him dig in.

Nom nom nom!

Halloumi , basil and veg BBQ kebabs

I made this for my mother in law who is a vege who loves cooking - eeek! Was surprisingly delicious!

1 x courgette
1 x red onion (sliced in to wedges)
1 x red pepper
1 x yellow pepper
1 x green pepper
Cherry toms (halved)
Halloumi (cubed in to 2 cm cubes)
Basil chopped
Olive oil
Lemon

1. Mix chopped basil and oilve oil with a squeeze of lemon juice
2. Marinade chopped veg (2cm chunks) and halloumi in the basil mix for min 1 hr
3. Thread the ingredients on to BBQ skewers
4. Roast on BBQ until browned or cook under grill / griddle

Serve with BBQ'd corn on cob, sweet potato wedges or wholewheat Pitta breads.

Deliciously summery!

Stuffed chicken with feta and basil

I decided I needed less carbs and more protein so off I went to buy some chicken, and find something in the fridge to go with it!

1 x low fat chicken fillet
2cm slab of feta
Teaspoon of basil

1. Cut open chicken fillet through the middle
2. Stuff chicken with cubed feta and basil
3. Close breast and cook in oven for rougly 20mins at 200'c

Serve with steamed veg.

Love this meal, can't believe how full up it made me! Amazing!  

Roasted veg, feta, basil and egg

I discovered this from the ASDA magazine and tweaked it to the ingredients in my cupboard. Absolutely delish!

1 x egg
1 x onion
1 x shallot
1/2 red pepper
1/2 yellow pepper
1/2 green pepper
1/4 courgette
2cm stick feta
1 x teaspoon basil chopped

1. Fry shallot until nearly burnt
2. Add onion chopped
3. Add courgette
4. Add peppers sliced in to sticks and cubes
5. Fry together for 5 mins and stir in the basil
6. Meanwhile cube feta
7. Tip the fried ingredients in to an ovenproof dish and mix in feta
8. Make a well in centre of fried bits, crack egg in to well
9. Bake in oven until egg cooked (roughly 10 mins at 200'c)

Nom, and full of protein!

Roasted radishes - low fat carb substitute!

My favourite low fat discovery - whilst giving up 'biggie' carbs I bought radishes on a whim.

Trying them raw - bleugh!

I decided to dice them up and chuck them in to some roasted veg I was already making - amazing! I lightly coated in olive oil and salt and pepper and roasted for slightly longer than the other veg (put them in the oven on their own before chopping and adding the other veg)

They seem to take on the place of potatoes so happy days!

Creamy Quorn Chicken and Sweetcorn

Super low fat and low calorie but creamy and satisfying! Nom.

1 x Portion of quorn chicken style pieces (roughly a handful per person)
1 x tablespoon of low fat cream cheese
1 x small can sweetcorn
Splash of skimmed milk
1 x shallot
1 x red onion
Salt and pepper to taste
Dried crushed chillis to taste (not for everyone but boosts metabolism)

1. Fry chopped shallots until looking burnt (more black bits - more flavour)
2. Add chopped onions
3. Add pinch salt, pepper and chilli
4. Add chicken and cook through
5. Add sweetcorn
6. Stir in cream cheese until melted and coating ingredients
7. Add milk and simmer to create creamy texture.

Serve with roasted veg - nom nom nom